cloud hopper

jonmo nilo chotto shishu paye paye poth hante

parar morer amer gach tar i sathe bere othe

chotto chokher kolpona / rupkothar i alpona

pokhirajer pithe chore par holo se tepantor

du chokh bhora swapno kajol / ghumparani mayer anchol

kolpo dadu r golpo sunei jeto din o rat

gacher notun patay tokhon shishir makha suprobhat

boro take hotei holo somoyer i ghori dhore

kaishor ero bandhon chire joibon e te pa pore

notun sajer songe guitar / sob somoyer songi tar

nityo notun songini tar bibhor hoto gan sun e

thoter fank e cigarette / ar college class er boycott e

bangla rock er udam tal e jhorer bege din kate

parar morer am er gach sobuj patay bhore othe

bekar jibon, prem er bilash; sob i ki ark opal e soy…

girlfriend er break up e te bhenge gelo rongin hridoy

tar i kotha buk e baje / udas mon je takei khoj e

mon er dukho gopon kore chokh er jol e dihrghoshas;

jouboner i byartho sur e somostho din ghure ghure

dorkhaste ar interview e kat te laglo din tar

parar mor r gach ta teo sobuj patay holde rong

oboshesh e ekdin bhagyer shike chere

chakurir list e tar nam chokhe pore

fire pay tar swapno ashar / buk e bol bhalobashar

notun shrot er joyar ese dhuiye dey jibon tar

parar mor er am gach er pata abar hoy sobuj

jibon, poth er proti bnak e / notun rong e chobi anke

bhuliye dey je purono kotha, / fele asa purono byatha

somoy shudhu boye jay / ar ritu o paltay

parar mor e am er gach o protidin tai rong bodlay

mon pore thake ajo sei tentul talar mathe....
chhotto bag knadhe kore chhutte jaoa school er pothe
nodir dhar er mechho rastay bazar er sei kolahol e,
imambarar bhese asa egarota r ghorir sure;

bajlo school er ghonta...
chhutte giye darai jeno ajo sei prayer e --

first period bangla class e Ashim sir er kanmola..
bhugol class e Pronob babu r bibhor hoye golpo bola,
shukro bar er tiffin break e school er mathe cricket khela
sesh er class e mon ure jay, samne britha i boi ta khola.

Onekdin hoye gelo..
Charpasher garo adhar keboli
Govir somudrer stobdhotar bhitore;
Ostitwer jirno molin sutro take
Otikay danobiyo gawhore
Grash korte chay.

Sesh ratrer neshatur ghumchokh e
Edik odik itostoto cheye
Ki je khoje ke jane..
Uddeshyohin jatraklisto nabik
Chayamoy akasher ekbindu alor dike cheye
Thake bhorer protikshay.

Golokdhandar kono ek mor e
Hoyto e jibon pabe tar swopno;
Othoba morichikar se maya kuhak
Shudhui karo byartho ostitwer pane cheye
Nishthur kono shilastup er upor hase
Nishobdo crur hasi.

Keno ei dwando
Ekaki sotta r sathe boyoser lorai
Kromoso dure soriye dey purono sukh,
Rupoli chand- chokchok e nodir jol ..
Rater snigdhota ke ghire ney niros, biros
Sushko juktir jatakol e.

Onekta path cholar pore ektukhani obokash
megher shishur hasir pane du-hat baray nil akash
uthiye ney se nijer buke, klanto moner shanto sukhe
ador kore nijer mone buker majhe thamay jhor.

Sobuj mather nibir dhane bhese asa ganer sur
pothbhranto pothik mon uriye dey se onek dur
gunguniye nijer mone, hotat khusir chomok khone
poth harano pothik abar apon mone haray poth.

byajar mukher gumot dine bristir oi ekti phota
jibon pother jirno mone praner notun tufan chhota
ei amader nijhum otit, ei amader bhobishyot
khonikeri chotto sukh, bholay koto gopon dukh
notun bhore haste shekhay hotat dekha hasi-mukh.

I don’t know whether the title is appropriate or not because the incident I am going to describe is just a ‘small’ hitch in what we enjoyed in our trip to shankarpur and mandarmani. But as I am choosing to focus on that incident it is very clear that the incident has significant amount of significance ..:P

“arrrrrre yarrr bore ho raha hun kgp me”… this line summarizes the frustration any one has to live through who by the most unfortunate connection of their fate were in kgp in the deserted summer. Its useless to describe the exact conditions of life , the frequency we used to take meals, or our sleep cycle…. But due to total irregularity in life we chose to go to somewhere to find some PEACE..

So we are at the sea. The moon, the water and the sand. Night seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. With us floating on the waves…playing football in the beach..swimming in the water the night passed. And we decided to move to shankarpur.

Now heres the fun fact. We were at mandarmani which is probably the only beach in India where driving in the beach is allowed. (after a few minutes we realized why the other beach authorities are so clever or may be the other way around!!). After starting the car with all four of us in it the wheels sank in the soft sand. We tried and tried with the best of our strength but could not pull it. It was like the gears were under the sand and wheels didn’t move while the engine is on.

After sometime when we are desperately seeking help some smiling faces showed up. With a smile of Buddha in their faces they offered to help but only for a “little” amount of money. We the iitians don’t loose hope easily. So we continued our effort with all kinds of new innovations regarding maximization of force to pull out the car from the sand. Half an hour later we surrendered…but now more and more smiling faces are enjoying our struggle for extraction (of the car obvsly).

This time they tripled the amount. What the…. we again went back to our muscles. They seemed to be happy with that… just one commented that the water is rising and if we fail then the car will be under water!!.. We stared at the water level…ya really its approaching near us. And if we take their help even later they will just triple the amount(the current offer ie, nine times the initial offer!!!)

We now understood the game they are playing with us. It’s a close ended trap as they are certain that we are too small in man power to pull the car. Immediately we sought their help. After some negotiation they agreed to maintain the current price(ie three times the initial offer). And our car was out in a minute. Later I thought its really a great idea to allow driving in the beach (specially when the sand is soo soft and the water level changes drastically). At least it provides great employment to the people living in the coastal area.

But the enjoyment in shankarpur was too great to make us forget about our stupidity. :)